THE BENEFITS OF REGIONAL COLLABORATION FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY

EAST AFRICA REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE

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Introduction to EACREEE

The East African Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (EACREEE) is an EAC regional platform for collaboration on RE&EE initiatives.

It is mandated by the EAC Council of Ministers to coordinate development of renewable energy and energy efficiency at regional level through policies, capacity building, research and development and investment promotions.

It reports to the EAC Sectoral Council on Energy (energy ministers).

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EAC demography, area, electricity access and GDP per Capita

Name Capital Population Area (km2)

Access to electricity (% of Population)

GDP per capita (US$)

Kenya Nairobi 46,756,000 580,367 56 1,477

Tanzania Dodoma 49,605,000 947,300 32.8 998

Uganda Kampala 42,319,000 241,038 26.7 651

Burundi Bujumbura 9,879,000 27,830 7.6 301

Rwanda Kigali 11,887,000 26,338 29.4 762

South Sudan

Juba 13,137,000 644,329 8.9 399

173,583,000 2,467,202 26.9 941

Benefits of regional Energy Cooperation

Global

Regional

National

Missing link

1. Missing link between regional and international energy and climate

agreements (instruments) and national implementation

2. Address barriers jointly at lower cost with shared resources and

“makerspace”

3. Economies of scale through common markets following

harmonized standards

4. Strengthen regional capacities to plan, coordinate, implement and

monitor

5. Promote equal progress between countries

6. Ownership and priority-setting by the region for the region

7. De-risking through joint standards/regulation

8. Donor harmonization and coordination

9. Enhanced inclusiveness through regional local content

requirements, entrepreneurship and innovation support

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Common barriers in Development of RE&EE in EAC

Market barriers i.e.

• Cost and

technological

properties;

• Organization of

the RE&EE

market

Access to

finance/affordabilityAwareness

Access to technical

support services

1. Dissemination

barriers.

2. Information barriers

• Perceptions,

• Attitude,

• Dispositions,

• Behaviors,

Technical barriers i.e.

• Limited technical

capacity

• Inadequate

available testing

equipment at the

public laboratory,

Public Laboratory

for Studies and

Testing

1. Institutional barriers.

2. Policy barriers i.e.

• Regulations and directives for energy

efficient lighting,

• Incentives and fiscal measures for the

promotion of energy efficient lighting,

• Strengthening of the regulatory framework

for testing as well as the harmonization of

the existing standards with international

best practices, and

• A regulatory framework for the disposal and

recycling

Enabling environment

• Energy Act No. 2006 empowers the

Minister (in consultation with Kenya

Bureau of Standards) to develop

and enforce MEPS and labelling

requirements.

• The Energy (Appliances Energy

Performance and Labelling

(amended) Regulations, 2018

establishes MEPS and labelling

requirements for several appliances,

including:• self ballasted lamps

• double capped fluorescent

lamps

• ballasts for fluorescent lamps

• refrigerating appliances

• non-ducted air conditioners

and

• three-phase cage induction

motors

• No MEPS and labellingrequirements established.

• In the SEforAll Action Agenda,the Gov’t committed to defineMinimum Energy PerformanceStandards (MEPS), and provideadequate support for itsimplementation and oversight,including the development ofvoluntary agreements forefficient refrigerators and airconditioners.

• EU project in the pipeline tosupport this initiative.

No MEPS and labellingrequirements established.

• In 2013 Rwanda UtilityRegulatory Authority publishedGuidelines Promoting EnergyEfficiency measures, whichincludes MEPS and labellingrequirements.

• Voluntary MEPS on motors,refrigerators and CFLs.

• Rwanda Cooling initiativesdeveloping MEPS and regulation

• MEPS for solar home system hasbeen established under aministerial decree.

• MEMD and UNBS developed andissued five MEPS in 2012 (lighting,refrigerators, freezers, motors, airconditioners).

• These MEPS are not yet enforced inthe absence of regulations.

• The draft Energy Efficiency andConservation Bill provides for:

• the legal, institutional, andregulatory framework for EE.

• Establishment of minimumenergy performancestandards (MEPS) forequipment (refrigerators, airconditioners, motors,lighting) – with draftregulations

Rwanda

Kenya

Tanzania

Uganda

Burundi

Status of MEPS & Labels in the EAC Partner States

South SudanNo MEPS and labellingrequirements established.

Regional progress on Harmonized Regulations

The EELA seeks to promote a market transformation for energy efficient lighting and appliances in EAC and SADC by creating market and institutional conditions to stimulate increased diffusion of efficient lighting products and appliances across all sectors.

Limited discussions haspreviously taken place atregional level regardingestablishments of MEPSand Labelling.

Thank YouContact details:

Fred ISHUGAH | Sustainable Energy Expert| East African Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (EACREEE)| CEDAT Building, Makerere University | Kampala, Uganda |T: (+256) 705710040 ; (+254) 724368489|E: f.ishugah@eacreee.org; f.ishugah@unido.org|w: http://www.eacreee.org |

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